Brush mop



Feb. 18, 1958 ABDO 2,823,400

BRUSH MOP Filed March 19, 1956 United States Patent BRUSH MOP Roger J. Abdo, Sherman Oaks, CaliL, assignor to Wade,

Wenger & Associates, Inc., Chicago, Ill., :1 corporation of Illinois Application March 19, 1956, Serial No. 572,470 Claims. (Cl. 15-124) My invention relates to a mop constructed in such manner that it can be used for a plurality of purposes and particularly can be adapted to the cleaning of textile fabrics on a floor and straightening out the nap of the fabrics or may be used as a polishing mop for treating various types and kinds of floor coverings.

Another and further object of my device is the provision of a mop which includes both an applicator and a finishing surfacer for both textile floor coverings and for other types of floors having varnished surfaces or for floor coverings such as linoleum, or the like.

Another and further object of my invention is the provision of a mop in which wearing materials of various brands and types can be easily applied to and removed from the main frame and replaced with new wearing members so that worn and replaced wearing members applied to the mop head can be changed without a great deal of difficulty by the user.

These and other objects of my invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an end view of the head of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 on line 3, 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a rear side elevational view of the mop head on line 4, 4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view in elevation of an end portion of the mop head; and

Fig. 6 is a view partially in section and partially in elevation showing the fastening means by which the working elements are secured to the mop head.

Referring now specifically to the drawings and in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout, a mop head 10 is shown, preferably made of a molded plastic material, although it can be made of wood, metal, or the like, which has a top flat surface 11 and a semi-circular bottom surface 12, and which has an internally threaded handle opening 13 in the top thereof to which a hollow handle 14 extends which is externally threaded at its end fitted into the opening 13 in the mop head 10 and provides a secure means of holding these portions together and enables the handle to be detached from the mop head 10, if desired, for shipping purposes, storage and the like. The mop handle 14 is hollow and preferably made of a transparent plastic material and has a bulb 15 fitted over the free end thereof, made of rubber or some other flexible material. The mop handle 14 is designed to carry a fluid such as a cleaning fluid for use on rug, carpet and upholstery surfaces, or it may carry a polish which is forced into the body of the mop by pressure applied to the bulb member 15 as it may be used in operation of the device as will be hereinafter more fully described.

The working surface 12 of the mop head 10 is semicircular in form and has a plurality of button-like pro- 2,823,400 Patented Feb. 18, 1958 jections 16, 16 on the bottom thereof arrange-d in .a row at the center of the arcuate surface of the head 10 for the purposes hereinafter described. One segment of the arcuate surface 12 has a surface channel 17 therein extending substantially of its length and which is irregular in its course and which is connected by a port 18 with the opening in the body 10 into which the handle 14 is fitted, so that fluid contained in the hollow handle 14 may pass out through the port 18 and into the surface channel 17 and be distributed along one side of the mop into a working element secured to this mop head 10, whatever it may be.

Attached to one half of the arcuate surface 12 containing the channel 17 of the mop head 10 is a sponge rubber applicator 19 which is secured to a cloth backing 20 which has a plurality of spaced openings 21, 21 above one of its edges which are fitted over the button projections 16, 16 extending outwardly from the arcuate surface 12 of the member 10 along one of its sides and is stretched taut over one half of the arcuate surface of the member 10 at one of its sides and has its opposite edge fitted into an arcuate channel 22 extending longitudinally of the member 10 adjacent one edge thereof. Spaced inward from each end of the member 10 is a pair of inwardly extending openings 23, 23 which communicate with short, longitudinally extending channels 24, 24 formed in the mop body 10 and into which the L-shaped ends 25, 25 of a pair of fastening members 26, 26 are fitted and which have in-turned portions 27, 27 terminating in ends 28, 28, which ends 28, 28 are inserted through the openings 29, 29 and into the grooves 24, 24 with the members 26, 26 having rectangular shaped outer ends 27, 27 which terminate into stud portions 28, 28 which in turn are fitted into holes 29, 29 extending into the ends of the member 10 therebv holding the cloth backing 20 securely in position around the one portion of arcuate surface 12 of the head 10 and over the surface channel 17 so that fluid forced through the handle 14 passes through the cloth backing and is distributed throughout the sponge portion 19 so that the fluid material can be applied to the surface of the carpet, rug or the like, by an operator moving the device back and forth across the surface of a rug, 0r carpet, and at the same time exerting such intermittent pressure on the bulb 15 as may be necessary to force the fluid out of the hollow handle 14 and into the sponge mop 19.

At the opposite side of the head 10 a card cloth 30 having teeth 31, 31 therein is angularly pitched in the direction which the mop would normally move. The card cloth 30 has spaced holes along one side which are also fastened over the buttons 16, 16 and drawn tautly around this arcuate portion of the mop head and pass over an arcuate channel 32 in one side of the he d 10 and is secured in position by a pair of rods 33, 33 along one side of the card cloth 30 which overlies the cloth 30 and is fitted with the channel 32. Holes 34, 34, which communicate with channels 35, 35, are provided into which the L-shaped ends 36, 36 of the rods 33, 33 are fitted with the outer portions of the rods 33, 33 being bent into rectangular portions 37, 37 having free end portions 38, 38 which are fitted into holes 39, 39

' formed in the ends of the mop body 10. The rods 33, 33

may be desired.

The operation and use of the device is exceedingly simple in that the hollow handle is filled with a cleaning fluid or the like and, preferably, is transparent so that the operator can determine by a glance at the handle whether it contains the fluid and also the quantity of it so as to determine when refilling is necessary. Application of the cleaning fluid is made to the surface of the rug by moving the mop back and forth over the surface thereof, making an application of the cleaning fiuid thereto and in effect scrubbing the carpet or rug which is afterwards mopped up by the application of a clean mop surface and then the nap straightened out through the use of the wire brush portion of this device on the surface. If desired, an applicator sponge can be applied to one side of the mop while a cleanup sponge or the like, can be applied to the other surface of the mop head which can be used for cleaning the nap surface. The use of the device for polish would be carried on in exactly :the same manner by making application of the polish from the supply carried in the hollow handle and after the application had been made, the finish could be polished by a polishing cloth placed on that portion of the mop head having the card cloth mounted thereon as shown in the drawings.

While I have described more or less precisely the details of construction, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I contemplate changes in form, the proportion of parts and the substitution of equivalents as circumstances may suggest or render expedient without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

I. A mop comprising in combination a mop head having a flat top surface and a semi-circular bottom surface and a row of projections extending in a median line on the bottom surface parallel to the longitudinal axis of the said head whereby the semi-circular bottom surface is divided into a plurality of adjacent arcuate areas, the mop head having a handle receiving opening in the top thereof, a hollow handle secured to the said mop head and extending into the said opening, the said head having a surface channel on one of said arcuate surfaces extending longitudinally thereof and having a port therein leading from the handle receiving opening to the said surface channel, a pair of removable mop members having their adjacent. edges overlapped and secured over the said row of projections and extending away from said projections to the outer sides of the said arcuate areas of the lower surface of the mop head and detachable holding members over the outer edges of each of said mop members. i

2. A mop comprising in combination a mop head having a fiat top surface and a semi-circular bottom surface, a row of projections extending in a median line on the bottom surface parallel to the longitudinal axis of the said head whereby the bottom surface is divided into a plurality of adjacent arcuate areas, the mop head having a handle receiving opening in the top thereof, and having clip receiving openings in the sides and ends thereof, a hollow handle secured to the said mop head and extending into the said opening, a compressible bulb in the free end of the handle, the said head having a surface channel on one of said arcuate surfaces extending longitudinally thereof and having a port therein leading from the handle receiving opening to the said surface channel, a pair of removable mop members having their adjacent edges overlapped and secured over the said row of projections and extending away from said projections to the outer sides of the said arcuate areas of the lower surface of the mop head and spring clip members removably mounted in the clip receiving openings in the said head and extending over the outer marginal edges of each of said mop members.

3. A mop comprising in combination a mop head having a flat top surface and a semi-circular bottom surface and a row of projections extending in a median line on the bottom surface parallel to the longitudinal axis of the said head whereby a plurality of adjacent arcuate areas on the bottom surface of the head is provided, mop members having their adjacent edges overlapping each other and secured tosaid projections and extending outward therefrom towards the sides of the said mop head and having a handle receiving opening in the top thereof, a hollow handle secured to the said mop head and extending into the said opening, the said head having a surface channel on one of said arcuate surfaces extending longitudinally thereof and having a port therein leading from the handle receiving opening to the said surface channel, a pair of removable mop members having their adjacent edges overlapped and secured over the said row of projections and extending away from said projections to the outer sides of the said arcuate areas of the lower surface of the mop head and spring rod members on the said head overlying the outer edges of the said mop members whereby the said mop members are held to the said mop head.

4. A mop comprising in combination a mop head having a flat top surface and a semi-circular bottom surface and a row of projections extending in a median line on the bottom surface parallel to the longitudinal axis of the said head whereby a plurality of adjacent arcuate areas on the bottom surface of the head is provided, mop members having their adjacent edges overlapping each other and secured to said projections and extending outward thereupon towards the outer edges of the said head, the said head having recesses in each of its ends and on its outer surface, rod holding members seated in the said recesses at their ends whereby the said mop members are held onto the arcuate surface of the said mop head.

5. A mop comprising in combination a mop head having a flat top surface and a semi-circular bottom surface and a row of projections extending in a median line on the bottom surface parallel to the longitudinal axis of the said head whereby a plurality of adjacent arcuate areas on the bottom surface of the head is provided, mop members having their adjacent edges overlapping each other and secured to said projections and extending outward thereupon towards the outer edges of the said head, the said head having recesses in each of its ends and on its outer surface, and having semi-circular channels extending'longitudinally of the said head, and rod holding members anchored in the said recesses at each of their ends and seated in the said channels overlying the said mop members whereby the said mop members are held inposition in the said mop head.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,691,024 Gedge Nov. 6, 1928 2,175,157 Nu-Dell Oct. 3, 1939 2,187,671 Suddarth June 16, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS 6,875 Great Britain Apr. 3, 1895 1,076,916 France Apr. 28, 1954 

